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▪ I. quaffing, vbl. n.|ˈkwɑːfɪŋ, -æ-|
[f. quaff v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb.; copious drinking.
1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 687/2 By bibbing, & sipping, & quaffing. 1579Gosson Sch. Abuse (Arb.) 34 We haue robbed Greece of Gluttonie..and Dutchland of quaffing. 1664Marquis of Worcester in Dircks Life xviii. (1865) 325 Frivolous discourse tending to quarrels and quaffing. 1812Combe Dr. Syntax, Picturesque Tour xii, The Doctor talk'd nor ceased his quaffing. 1830M. Donovan Dom. Econ. I. 39 The unremitted quaffing of wine.
attrib.1587Turberv. Trag. T. (1837) 144 A quaffing cup, Wherein he tooke delight To bouse at boorde. a1638Mede Wks. (1672) 123 Causing the Vessels of God's House to be made his Quaffing-bowls. 1701C. Wolley Jrnl. New York (1860) 35 Their quaffing liquors are Rum-Punch and Brandy-punch.
▪ II. quaffing, ppl. a.|ˈkwɑːfɪŋ, -æ-|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That quaffs. Hence ˈquaffingly adv.
a1693Motteux Rabelais iii. xxxi. 255 The Lubbardly quaffing Monks. 1843Tait's Mag. X. 275 At evening empty a bottle or two, Quaffingly, quaffingly. |